Roseau, Dominica- February 14, 2023: Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit will attend the Forty-Fourth Regular Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government being held from February 15 – 17, 2023 in Nassau, The Bahamas.

The Meeting will be hosted under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Honourable Philip Davis.

The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME,) Climate Change and Climate Finance, Agriculture and Food Security and Health are among the issues on the agenda for discussion.

Heads of Government will receive updates from CARICOM IMPACS and the Council for National Security and Law Enforcement and the Special CARICOM Ministerial Task Force on Agriculture. They will deliberate on implications for the Region from the outcome of the recent COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt and the need for increasing investment in energy security for member states.

The Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee (PMSC) will also update the meeting on developments in the CSME.

Prime Minister Skerrit is accompanied to the meeting by Minister for Foreign Affairs International Business, Trade and Energy, Hon. Dr. Vince Henderson.

Minister for Finance, Economic Development, Climate Resilience and Social Security Hon. Dr. Irving McIntyre is acting as Prime Minister.